Tarja Turunen - Ave Maria – En Plein Air (Classical Album) (2015)

Tarja Turunen - Ave Maria – En Plein Air (2015)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Ave Maria"   Paolo Tosti   3:51

2. "Ave Maria"   Axel von Kothen   3:00

3. "Ave Maria"   David Popper   3:45

4. "Ave Maria"   Camille Saint-Saëns   4:27

5. "Ave Maria"   Astor Piazzolla   5:13

6. "Ave Maria"   J.S.Bach / Charles Gounod   2:46

7. "Ave Maria"   Pietro Mascagni   3:29

8. "Ave Maria"   Ferenc Farkas   2:16

9. "Ave Maria"   Vladimir Vavilov   4:12

10. "Ave Maria"   Michael Hoppé   3:21

11. "Ave Maria"   Charles-Marie Widor   3:28

12. "Ave Maria"   Tarja Turunen   5:11

iTunes Bonus Track

13. "Ave Maria Stella (i.e. Ave Maris Stella)"   Edvard Grieg   2:47

Tarja Turunen Band Members / Musicians

Tarja Turunen - soprano

Kalevi Kiviniemi - Organ

Marius Järvi - Cello

Kirsi Kiviharju - Harp

Ave Maria is the first classical, and the fifth studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen.

On the 22 July 2015, earMUSIC released a video announcing the existence of the album, following with a teaser trailer on 6 August. The full music video was not released until 13 August that year, with Tarja singing the rare "Ave Maria" by Paolo Tosti.

In an interview with Winter Storm Slovakia, Tarja talked a little about the recording sessions :

"All the musicians performed the songs together with me without an audience" and continues saying "Nothing has been edited nor any studio tricks have been used" and finishes with "So what you hear on the record, is purely how the songs sounded in Lakeuden Risti church during the recording session."

She also says that this is a very important album to her, since "It represents her long background in classical music and her knowledge as a lyrical singer".